Senate Bill S9142

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S9142 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10350
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6841, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S1050, A8115

2021-S9142 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.

2021-S9142 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9142 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9142
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  allowing  pharmacy
   technicians  to  practice  in  any pharmacy under the supervision of a
   pharmacist
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 6841 of the education law, as
 added by chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1. A registered pharmacy technician may,  under  the  direct  personal
 supervision  of  a licensed pharmacist, assist such licensed pharmacist,
 as directed, in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs
 used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding,
 preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medi-
 cation order for a patient to be served by the facility,  in  accordance
 with  article  one  hundred  thirty-seven of this title where such tasks
 require no professional judgment. Such professional judgment shall  only
 be  exercised by a licensed pharmacist. A registered pharmacy technician
 may only practice [in a facility licensed  in  accordance  with  article
 twenty-eight  of the public health law, or a pharmacy owned and operated
 by such a facility,] under the direct personal supervision of a licensed
 pharmacist employed in such a [facility or]  pharmacy.  Such  [facility]
 PHARMACY  shall be responsible for ensuring that the registered pharmacy
 technician has received appropriate training to ensure competence before
 he or she begins assisting a licensed pharmacist in compounding, prepar-
 ing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs, in accordance with  this  article
 and  article one hundred thirty-seven of this title. For the purposes of
 this article, direct personal supervision means  supervision  of  proce-
 dures  based  on  instructions  given directly by a supervising licensed
 pharmacist who remains in the immediate area where  the  procedures  are
 being  performed, authorizes the procedures and evaluates the procedures
 performed by the  registered  pharmacy  technicians  and  a  supervising
 licensed  pharmacist  shall approve all work performed by the registered
 pharmacy technician prior to the actual dispensing of any drug.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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